Monique Fleurant-Cooper named Oconee Medical Center Employee of the Month

Oconee Medical Center named Monique Fleurant-Cooper as recipient of the Employee of the Month award for December. Fleurant-Cooper is employed in the Organizational Development Department although she has worked in various areas throughout the organization, including providing patient care on the medical-surgical floor, in the emergency department and in home health.

Fleurant-Cooper's nomination for employee of the month described her commitment to the organization and to patients by explaining a recent project she completed.

She recently took ownership of a patient safety and satisfaction concern by researching the problem, attending training with the associated vendor, rewriting policies for ease of use, and coordinating in-service training for staff. Fleurant-Cooper is credited for doing it all from her own genuine concern for patients and without waiting for someone to instruct her to do so.

"That's the spirit we desire," said Tom Conley, Oconee Medical Center vice president of human resources. "To achieve excellence requires the compassion, commitment and motivation of all employees, and Ms. Fleurant-Cooper has certainly demonstrated that."